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Committee adopts amendment to school-meals bill after DOE questions cost accounting
Summary
A Senate education committee moved to substitute Senate language into HB2296 and passed the measure with amendments after questioning DOE about meal-cost accounting, a $9.05 per-meal figure, and audit findings of inconsistent school-level oversight and unused federal credits.
A joint Senate education committee on March 25 advanced House Bill 2296 with amendments after questioning Department of Education officials about how school meal costs are calculated and the fiscal implications of the bill’s language.
The measure, as amended in committee, substitutes Senate Bill 2615 language into HB2296 and directs that meal charges be set in reference to a 25% figure; the chair said the committee would further defect the bill’s effective date to July 31, 2055 and include technical non‑substantive edits. The chair’s recommendation was adopted by voice vote.
Shonta Jima, testifying on behalf of the Department of…
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